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Other policy relevant indicators : Percentage of illiterates who are female

Indicator

Time

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2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Country

Afghanistan

65.81

Åland Islands

Albania

^(‡)

26.45

Algeria

^(‡)

52.32

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

^(‡)

40.16

^(‡)

36.94

^(‡)

23.68

Armenia

39.82

38.02

Aruba

^(‡)

59.80

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

67.34

67.29

66.90

66.99

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

42.25

40.69

39.07

37.44

36.80

Barbados

Belarus

38.28

Belgium

Belize

Benin

^(‡)

60.87

Bermuda

Bhutan

49.13

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

48.67

52.25

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

31.12

30.23

30.30

35.19

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

^(‡)

34.51

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

54.92

Burundi

61.75

Cambodia

46.59

Cameroon

^(‡)

58.69

Canada

Cabo Verde

33.71

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

^(‡)

57.67

Chad

^(‡)

60.39

56.51

Channel Islands

Chile

42.52

49.05

China

^(‡)

46.89

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

32.24

Colombia

36.23

35.81

39.66

35.16

34.85

Comoros

^(‡)

49.14

Congo

^(‡)

59.00

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

^(‡)

40.60

Côte d'Ivoire

76.74

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czechia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

69.06

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

40.94

48.17

Ecuador

61.30

44.94

39.33

36.86

Egypt

54.48

El Salvador

38.72

43.57

46.15

44.47

39.70

43.39

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

^(‡)

53.56

Estonia

Eswatini

^(‡)

35.65

Ethiopia

^(‡)

50.89

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

^(‡)

41.54

Gambia

55.04

Georgia

66.57

50.72

Germany

Ghana

^(‡)

50.72

Gibraltar

Greece

^(‡)

54.42

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

56.31

Guernsey

Guinea

64.63

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

^(‡)

51.04

Holy See

Honduras

36.72

34.52

25.54

33.65

Hungary

Iceland

India

^(‡)

55.50

Indonesia

53.84

51.09

50.49

48.16

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

54.20

Iraq

62.85

59.65

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

^(‡)

36.75

^(‡)

28.20

Jamaica

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

^(‡)

38.23

Kazakhstan

^(‡)

70.45

Kenya

^(‡)

48.91

Kiribati

Kuwait

37.77

30.53

24.98

27.93

Kyrgyzstan

^(‡)

37.09

Lao People's Democratic Republic

62.58

Latvia

^(‡)

37.50

Lebanon

^(‡)

32.79

Lesotho

Liberia

^(‡)

60.31

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

51.79

Malawi

^(‡)

49.58

Malaysia

43.72

45.67

45.98

45.58

Maldives

24.48

Mali

60.18

56.80

57.31

Malta

^(‡)

30.38

Marshall Islands

Martinique

Mauritania

^(‡)

59.13

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mexico

46.37

44.53

47.11

44.42

44.60

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

Mongolia

41.55

Montenegro

^(‡)

55.11

Montserrat

Morocco

^(‡)

55.97

Mozambique

64.58

60.78

Myanmar

^(‡)

51.43

48.59

Namibia

^(‡)

39.73

Nauru

Nepal

^(‡)

62.40

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nicaragua

^(‡)

36.99

Niger

^(‡)

55.92

Nigeria

^(‡)

62.53

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Macedonia

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

Oman

61.18

31.34

30.58

29.41

Pakistan

61.83

62.16

61.47

Palau

28.87

Palestine

54.19

54.73

44.90

45.73

51.92

48.39

Panama

61.40

50.28

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

37.44

40.86

32.31

39.03

48.41

Peru

60.54

58.82

60.95

54.00

59.90

Philippines

39.03

33.16

Pitcairn

Poland

Portugal

^(‡)

44.22

Puerto Rico

47.43

Qatar

^(‡)

13.70

^(‡)

16.71

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

Réunion

Romania

^(‡)

47.42

Russian Federation

^(‡)

40.69

Rwanda

42.74

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin (French part)

Samoa

^(‡)

30.55

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

^(‡)

47.86

Saudi Arabia

49.58

53.09

Senegal

59.90

Serbia

47.52

49.82

Seychelles

^(‡)

20.79

Sierra Leone

^(‡)

55.77

Singapore

33.50

36.12

38.64

36.89

35.98

35.61

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

36.56

33.01

36.45

South Sudan

^(‡)

50.15

Spain

43.37

50.91

43.91

31.51

Sri Lanka

40.25

37.23

39.33

38.32

38.46

Sudan

^(‡)

48.54

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

^(‡)

57.11

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

Thailand

45.29

36.92

Timor-Leste

^(‡)

45.97

Togo

67.59

66.74

Tokelau

Tonga

^(‡)

39.82

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

80.66

81.28

81.27

80.37

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda

^(‡)

48.02

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

^(‡)

19.66

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

53.96

United States of America

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

35.33

32.35

31.41

36.56

34.02

Uzbekistan

49.90

49.94

50.07

50.12

Vanuatu

^(‡)

45.11

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

34.07

36.25

Viet Nam

51.66

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

^(‡)

53.20

Zimbabwe

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

57.12

56.71

56.31

55.65

55.32

54.93

Landlocked Developing Countries

55.63

54.81

54.32

53.68

53.26

52.87

Least Developed Countries

56.43

56.09

55.54

54.92

54.65

54.20

Small Island Developing States

48.00

47.95

^(‡)

47.80

^(‡)

47.68

^(‡)

47.56

^(‡)

47.45

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

57.67

57.07

56.42

55.97

55.63

55.32

Western Asia and Northern Africa

58.41

59.85

59.16

56.70

56.60

56.55

Africa (Northern)

53.84

52.83

51.94

51.19

50.78

50.44

Asia (Western)

62.09

74.67

74.90

61.66

61.73

61.82

Asia (Central and Southern)

57.83

57.35

57.30

56.56

56.15

55.50

Asia (Central)

46.38

45.94

45.50

45.80

44.67

44.54

Asia (Southern)

57.84

57.35

57.30

56.57

56.15

55.50

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

49.89

49.29

48.82

48.12

47.73

47.38

Asia (Eastern)

49.42

48.63

47.91

47.14

46.47

45.79

Asia (South-eastern)

50.06

49.52

49.12

48.43

48.12

47.85

Latin America and the Caribbean

43.55

42.94

43.20

42.88

42.68

42.65

Oceania

Oceania (Australia/New Zealand)

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

Northern America and Europe

Europe

Northern America

UIS Regions

World

57.12

56.71

56.31

55.65

55.32

54.93

Arab States

58.27

59.67

59.03

56.70

56.62

^(‡)

56.58

Central and Eastern Europe

56.56

54.93

52.03

50.20

48.55

47.17

Central Asia

42.22

42.00

44.08

42.97

42.17

41.82

East Asia and the Pacific

48.81

48.26

47.82

47.21

46.86

46.53

Latin America and the Caribbean

43.55

42.94

43.20

42.88

42.68

42.66

North America and Western Europe

South and West Asia

57.84

57.35

57.30

56.57

56.15

55.50

Sub-Saharan Africa

57.66

57.06

56.40

55.95

55.61

55.30

Small Island Developing States

47.99

47.95

^(‡)

47.81

^(‡)

47.70

^(‡)

47.59

^(‡)

47.48

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

57.64

56.90

56.36

55.77

^(‡)

55.33

^(‡)

54.91

Lower middle income countries

57.70

57.20

57.06

56.48

56.17

55.75

Middle income countries

57.04

56.79

56.46

55.74

55.46

55.07

Upper middle income countries

50.02

48.95

45.40

48.74

48.66

48.65

High income countries

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